Colin Nicholson (cricketer)

This article is about the cricketer. For the New Zealand international goalkeeper, see Ross Nicholson.
Ross Nicholson
Personal information
Full name
Colin Ross Nicholson
Born(1939-09-09)9 September 1939
Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand
Died4 February 2020(2020-02-04) (aged 80)
Waipu, Northland, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RelationsKenneth Nicholson (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1959/60Canterbury
1963/64Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 May 2016

Colin Ross Nicholson (9 September 1939 – 4 February 2020)[1] was a New Zealand cricketer.[2] He played one first-class cricket match for Canterbury during the 1959–60 season and one for Otago in the 1963–64 season.[3][4]

Ross Nicholson was born at Oamaru in North Otago in 1939 and educated at Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill.[5] After playing age-group cricket for Otago and other matches for Southland and a New zealand Brabin XI, he made his first-class debut for Canterbury against Wellington at the Basin Reserve in January 1960. An opening bowler, Nicholson took one wicket on debut. His other first-class match was also against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. Playing for Otago in December 1963 Nicholson went wicketless as Otago lost by an innings.[2]

Nicholson died at Waipu in 2020 aged 80.[3] His older brother Kenneth also played cricket for Otago.[5]

  1. ^ "Family Notices". Press Reader. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Colin Nicholson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Colin Nicholson". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 301. ISBN 9781472975478.
  5. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 99. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2